Missing Freedom Fighter Alex Rorke Remembered
Alexander Rorke, an American journalist and pilot active against Castro in Cuba, vanished after refueling off Yucatan in September while aiding Cuban exiles. His supporters doubt the cause of his disappearance whereas Customs claimed government orders to halt his activities.
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Caribbean
Rorke
Castro
Cuba
United States Customs
Washington
Alex Rorke
Khrushchev
Somme
Mecosta
Florida
Yucatan
Coast Guard
Mr. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Quba
Fidelistas
Boxing lessons rise for Bluefield firefighters
Bluefield firemen have begun boxing lessons after the Firemen's Civil Service Commission returned to the rule that the fire chief must be able to whip every man on the force, highlighting a shift in discipline expectations.
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Bluefield
Commission
Misplaced guilt after Kennedy assassination sparks debate
Amid acute national grief critics debate guilt for Kennedy's murder. Senator Morton and Senator Gore reject blame on Americans or Dallas, urging respect for the memory and condemning leftist opportunism and alien violence.
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Oswald
Morton
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Johnson Daughters Bring Teen Time to White House
The column notes Lynda Bird and Lucy Baines Johnson will join the White House scene with record players, portable TV sets, pets, and friends calling on the switchboard. Lynda may wed Ensign Bernard Rosenbach next summer. Lucy grooms for college life with Secret Service protection altering dating dynamics.
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Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Washington
White House
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Lucy Baines
Lucy
Lynda
University of Txxas
Bernard Rosenbach
Annapolis
Comfort
Tex
LBJ
Kennedy
Lacy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Sudan
Mrs. Kennedy
Mrs Kennedy
Secret Service
University of Texas
Billboards urge Charleston shopping in Beckley and Logan
Hazardous Journey Merchants in Beckley and Logan protest signs urging residents to shop in Charleston. The writer doubts signs will help as the drive over to Charleston is bone-jarring and teeth-rattling, even on the Turnpike, except for essential trips.
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Beckley
Logan
Logan and
Charleston
West
Brooks visit noted from Coeburn to Bluefield
A brief item records D. N. Brooks of Coeburn Virginia as a Bluefield visitor, noting the exchange occurred fifty years ago in the newspaper's archival item.
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D. N. Brooks of
Coeburn, Va
Bluefield
Congress receives Coolidge's first annual message
THIRTY YEARS AGO Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh took off on a trans Atlantic flight.
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Congress
Charles A. Lindbergh
Russian Troops Push Nazis Back on Multiple Fronts
Twenty years ago Russian forces reported advances on several fronts driving Nazi units back. The defense indicated gains near key positions as Soviet troops continued operations against German strongholds.
Russia summit proposal eyed in three nation talks
Ten years ago U S officials joined British and French counterparts in discussions of a Russian proposal for a summit meeting. The talks centered on potential agenda and the viability of high level talks amid international tensions.
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U. S
German and French troops train together in Coblenz
For the first time in 150 years German and French soldiers train side by side at Coblenz. A French soldier praises German discipline and salutes while noting a clash of tea versus wine with meals for troops in France.
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Coblenz
France
Rundschau
Cologne
Germany
Lyndon Johnson as VP nominee shown by convention reports
A 1960 dispatch notes Lyndon Johnson’s unique stature as Senate majority leader and party leader, highlighting his potential as vice presidential pick. It discusses Kennedy’s southern strategy, Johnson’s influence in the Senate, and the continuity concerns in American government after elections.
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House
Congress
Charles Curtis
Hoover
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Mr. Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Los Angeles
Texas
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
Truman
Sam Rayburn
Senator Johnson
Jack Kennedy
South
America
Entering the city a stranger recalls a harsh rain
The narrator describes a rain slick morning shaping a new tongue in a gray urban setting. Large signs whisper directions while two figures, a boy and a girl tied to a painful past, reveal themes of cruelty and lost love amid watchful workers and bleak warehouses.
Soviet Claims on Kennedy Murder Mirror Internal Strife
An op-ed argues Pravda wrongly blames American hate for Kennedy's assassination and links Oswald to a larger Soviet conspiracy. It traces historical Soviet actions, from Sarajevo to Pearl Harbor, arguing the Kremlin seeks to deflect blame and distort U.S. society while denying Oswald's ties to Marxist plots.
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America
Kennedy
United States
Pravda
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kremlin
Gavrillo Prinzip
Sarajevo
Prinzip
Russia
Belgrade
N. de Hartwig
Congress Faces Urgent Need to Reform Action Delays
President Johnson urged rapid action while Majority Leader Mansfield warned Congress risks financial chaos if it delays on major Kennedy era bills. Clark and Bolling called for party discipline and structural fixes to restore Congress’s efficacy amid delays on civil rights tax cuts Medicare and education.
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Johnson
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Congressional Record
Richard Biling
D-Mo
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Democratic Party
Mansfield
Senate
Bolling and Clark
Kennedy
Clark
Bolling
European Press Sees Johnson as Awaiting Moscow Test
European observers analyze Lyndon Johnson after Kennedy's assassination. They question if he will follow Kennedy's détente path, while Khrushchev weighs how to measure the new president's stance on disarmament and Soviet relations. The Kremlin eyes the honeymoon period for cues on cooperation or friction.
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John Kennedy
Lynda
Johnson
Texas
Tog 4
Rome
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Europe
Asia
Soviet Union
Mosco
Washington
Khrushchev
America
Kremlin
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Anastas Mikoyan
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
Stalin
Yotov
Molotov
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